Event: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation that frees enslaved people in the rebellious states and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the US military. The border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland were excluded from the terms of the proclamation.

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Event: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation that frees enslaved people in the rebellious states and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the US military. The border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland were excluded from the terms of the proclamation.

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